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    Dracula: Radio Drama
    Dracula: Radio Drama
    Dracula: Radio Drama
    Audiobook (abridged)59 minutes

    Dracula: Radio Drama

    Written by Bram Stoker and Roger James Elsgood

    Narrated by John Challis and Timothy Ackroyd

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    About this audiobook

    A modern dramatisation of Dracula performed by a full cast 'in the dark'.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSaland Publishing
    Release dateMay 1, 2014
    ISBN9781908650795
    Dracula: Radio Drama
    Author

    Bram Stoker

    Bram (Abraham) Stoker was an Irish novelist, born November 8, 1847 in Dublin, Ireland. 'Dracula' was to become his best-known work, based on European folklore and stories of vampires. Although most famous for writing 'Dracula', Stoker wrote eighteen books before he died in 1912 at the age of sixty-four.

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    • 5/5
      The grandfather of all modern vampire fiction - what more can you say
    • 4/5
      Constantly long-winded but I enjoyed how it was narrated from different people through their diary entries or letters. The author's writing was skillful.
    • 2/5
      "Dracula" is the classic vampie tale from 1897, a mix of mystery and adventure, full of gentlemanly huffing and puffing and unironic sexism.This abridged but digitally-enhanced version of Dracula starts off well: The interactive elements got me to read closer and the plot is strongest when it's in single-protagonist mode. But towards the middle, momentum wears off, and the novelty of interactivity turns into a minor annoyance -- there are only so many pages where I could stand having the text legibility tampered with. Yet it does show promise -- some moments work, and really do help modernize the 1897 classic.
    • 5/5
      My measure of a great book of suspense is whether or not it reads well out loud, and if that's a good criteria, I think this book succeeds admirably. ((I grew up with folks telling ghost stories around campfires, trying to scare each other.)) Folks might argue that _Frankenstein_ is the more thought-provoking book, but this one scares me on a primal level.
    • 5/5
      The story, told in an epistolary format, of infamous Count Dracula's attempt to settle in England, and the battle to thwart this attempt, and finish the vampire, by a small group of righteous people, led by equally well-known Professor Abraham Van Helsing. I've seen numerous film-versions based on this story, but this is the first time I've managed to get through the original and I must say it's absolutely fantastic. There isn't much new to say about the actual story since most people are fully aware of what a great and monumental literary masterpiece it is, but I must note that the (unabridged) full-cast audio-version with Alan Cumming and Tim Curry is absolutely excellent and highly, highly recommended.
    • 1/5
      A good story told by a bad story tellerI didn't like the writing style (sometimes I was catching myself falling asleep during reading). The main characters seemed to be very superficial, the story is developing really slowly and as a bonus it has disappointing ending.
    • 4/5
      Read through immersion reading.
      Wonderful performances by Alan Cummings and Tim Curry
    • 5/5
      This book has been on my list of books to read for many years now, primarily because it's a 'horror' classic. Having read all of the vampire books by Anne Rice and being a huge fan of her writing style and her version of 'vampires' I have been reluctant to read any other books about vampires.I know that Bram Stoker is the inspiration behind many of the vampire books today, but I imagined the book was going to be outdated and as unbearable as the old black and white film 'Dracula'. In the way that Edgar Allan Poe was well known for his 'ghost stories' in his time, when you read his stories now, they're far from spooky. So you can imagine that I was shocked and excited to discover that despite being published in 1897, the novel is still quite creepy by today's standards.I also didn't know that this classic novel is a compilation of letters and journal entries from the main characters. I thought that jumping from character to character and letter to journal without a sole narrator could hamper the pace of the plot but it actually enhanced the story and helped to build the suspense.All in all, I really enjoyed 'Dracula', and I can understand why it is a classic.
    • 5/5
      Well, it's Dracula. What more do I really need to say, right? :-)Written back in the 19th century when things were left more to the imagination (which can think up way more horrifying things than anything written), I prefer this to any other novel on vampires that I've read.
    • 4/5
      Dracula by Bram Stoker.my thoughts and comments:The Count is definitely a book of another time, but that didn't stop me from enjoying it. I expected it to be creepier, but as I was yet a teenager the last time I read it, it most likely affected me very differently. I enjoyed the characters in the story. I found it a little long winded at times, but books of that era pretty much are so I am not complaining, just commenting. I would have liked to see more little underlying stories but I thought it quite good and will give it another read in a few more years with a newer different copy.
    • 4/5
      This is a very good rendition of Dracula for the young adult. It's not the full version. It has been adapted for the young reader. I remember getting this book as a kid and I remember it putting terror into me.

      I highly recommend this book for the young reader. The print is a decent size. It has the correct mixture of pictures and words to keep the young reader interested.

    • 3/5
      The book was filled with unnecessary, long, drawn out conversations. The overall plot was the only thing that kept me reading.
    • 1/5
      Great beginning, but shortly after events switch to London the writing descends into tedious and poorly written melodrama and just plain bad dialogue (especially Van Helsing's). The Virtue of Manliness! The horror of female carnality! The constant weeping! The expressive nostrils! The latter half of the book is like one long cornpone homily intermixed with, dear my friends, an absurd amount of regurgitation, the manly weeping, and the nostrils of deep feeling. Terrible.
    • 5/5
      I love this book. The imagery relayed through the articles, letters and diaries of the main characters lets you experience the times and the horror of the circumstances that each is put in. Most notably, Mina and Jonathan Harker along with Dr. Seward all keep detailed recordings of their day to day excursions through happiness and terror. And though Professor Van Helsing bungles at times, they wouldn't have had a chance without his leadership and advanced knowledge of the arcane and paranormal. Meanwhile Lord Godalming and Quincey Morris complete the team like courageous and true gentlemen of the day. Dracula does move about during the day at times and he has a moustache which is a bit odd, but the maniacal lure of his beautifully vampiric victims and his dreadful scenes with Jonathan and Mina leave you rejoicing that you're not, as of yet, one of the Un-Dead.
      Victorian Gothic at it's best.
    • 4/5
      Just finished the San Diego Library's read-aloud for Halloween. With all the modern re-interpretations of vampire lore, it's interesting to read the one that started it all (nod to Nosferatu). It shows its age but holds up well with many truly creepy passages that have never been surpassed.
    • 3/5
      I liked it but not nearly as much as I thought I would. There were some parts that were very intense and I'm certainly happy that I picked it up and read it.
    • 4/5
      Told through letters and journal entries, young lawyer Jonathan Harker goes to visit a new client in very remote eastern Europe and things get weird. When he finally returns home to England, things get weird there, too. 19th century travel takes a long time.I did it! I read Dracula! I’m glad I’ve read it, but I didn’t love it. I enjoyed Mina a lot but the rest of the characters were just okay. I read the sections in chronological order, instead of in the order they appear in the book, which makes a big difference in the first part but no difference for the rest.
    • 3/5
      Good horror story. I remember being scared in my bedroom while I read it.
    • 5/5
      Dracula was the first "big book" or adult reading level book that I read. I remember looking through the Scholastic catalog at school and being surprised to see there was actually a book called Dracula. I loved vampire movies and thought since all of the adults in my life were pestering me to read more that I'd give it a try. I LOVED it. For days I hung out on the hammock in our yard and read that book. I remember loving the detail--the stuff that could never be captured in a movie. After that I read Stephen King's Salem's Lot and a slew of really good and not so good vampire novels. I firmly believe that I own my reading life to Bram Stoker. That burst of enthusiastic reading made the stuff I was reading for school much more palatable. I fondly remember reading The Pearl and The Good Earth from around this time period.
    • 4/5
      Very familiar story. Told in journal entries and letters. Each section starts with telling you whose journal we are reading. Lucy's attack and death happens when Mina is away. For a big part of the middle section all of Dracula's action take place off the page.
    • 4/5
      Interactive, very enjoyable. I wouldn't have thought I'd be interested enough to read through an old book like this, but I did, thanks in part to the interactive features.
    • 5/5
      This worked well as an audio book for me. It did wrap up a little too quickly at the end, I thought. But all in all, a joy to listen to.
    • 5/5
      Stoker is remembered for Dracula for a reason. This book does not envelope many of his political views. They are there...but the story is more of a story.
    • 4/5
      This was my first time reading Dracula, and I was impressed by how readable it was. The horror vibe is fantastic, the characters well-done (including a brilliant woman protagonist), and the technical telling through diaries, articles, and other media is innovative even now. I was pleasantly surprised by the entire book.
    • 4/5
      I loved the themes within this story. Stoker could have done so much more with the brides (they were only in two scenes of the story).
    • 5/5
      While the novel itself is certainly spellbinding, this audio version has to be superior to the print book. Narrated by the great Simon Vance, his superb performance enhances the already scary tale into one of unspeakable terror. You may think you know the story of Dracula, but until you read the original one penned by Bram Stoker, you will not have experienced the true horror of the beast. The danger is subtle at first, sneaking up on you, and you may not even realize the depth of the disaster headed your way. Until it’s too late to save yourself.
    • 3/5
      Dracula is one of those stories you think you know because it has become part of popular culture - with a billion spin offs. But in fact you don't. I hadn't intended to read it but had a book scheduled which was related so felt I needed to read it first. I found it a real mixture - some parts were really good and interesting and some bits were deadly slow and I was reading as fast as possible to get past them. And I didn't know the actual story as it turned out. I didn't love it but it was good enough most of the way to get an average score from me. And all the tiny bits which people have used to create their own stories were fun to spot.
    • 3/5
      The horror elements (especially compared to modern horror stories) are charming rather than scary. Actually, the whole book is. From the lovable character caricatures to the diary/letter/log entry etc. conceit.
    • 1/5
      Liked the start then it quickly droned on and on. I have never seen a Dracula film and so this was an introduction of sorts. I think when it came out it must have been brilliant but as the years have rolled by it is now quite dull and somewhat tedious to read
    • 4/5
      Listened in preparation for trip to Eastern Europe which was cancelled due to Covid-19 epidemic